‘That Mysterious People’: Jewish Merchants, Transparency, and Community in Mid-Nineteenth Century America
In the mid-nineteenth century, American wholesalers began increasingly to rely on credit-reporting agencies to provide information about customers in distant localities. The demand for dependable information, coupled with the dynamism and competitiveness of the American market, helped usher into pla...
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| description | In the mid-nineteenth century, American wholesalers began increasingly to rely on credit-reporting agencies to provide information about customers in distant localities. The demand for dependable information, coupled with the dynamism and competitiveness of the American market, helped usher into place a business culture that favored transparency and open networks. This article examines one group of merchants-immigrant Jews-whose traditions stood in contrast to the business elite's growing demand for disclosure. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:49248cff-5398-4faf-90a1-9fd195ece7872022-03-26T15:29:53Z‘That Mysterious People’: Jewish Merchants, Transparency, and Community in Mid-Nineteenth Century AmericaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:49248cff-5398-4faf-90a1-9fd195ece787Saïd Business School - Eureka1999Olegario, RIn the mid-nineteenth century, American wholesalers began increasingly to rely on credit-reporting agencies to provide information about customers in distant localities. The demand for dependable information, coupled with the dynamism and competitiveness of the American market, helped usher into place a business culture that favored transparency and open networks. This article examines one group of merchants-immigrant Jews-whose traditions stood in contrast to the business elite's growing demand for disclosure. |
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| title | ‘That Mysterious People’: Jewish Merchants, Transparency, and Community in Mid-Nineteenth Century America |
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| title_full_unstemmed | ‘That Mysterious People’: Jewish Merchants, Transparency, and Community in Mid-Nineteenth Century America |
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